Bizarre Survival: I Can Devour Thousands of Talents

Chapter 6 006: Treasure Chest

The backpack initially has ten slots.

Food box, clean rabbit meat, mutated creature... fragments of the mutated source core, ominous copper coin, already occupying five slots.

Ling Xiao did not dismantle the lizard's corpse on the spot, fearing that the different species would cause the dropped materials to not stack together, thus filling his backpack unnecessarily.

His goal for this adventure wasn't to go far; hunting was a more fitting description than exploration!

As a clueless, rote learner with little talent, and a typical STEM student, Ling Xiao is used to solving problems step by step by following the logic of "what, why, and how".

He currently faces two plans:

Firstly, they were waiting for the "rabbit" to come to them, as there was now a lot more blood on the ground, suggesting that more monsters would be attracted there.

Secondly, we can continue to explore, which can not only enrich our understanding of this world, but also increase the probability of acquiring resources.

Human nature always favors compromise and moderation.

Ling Xiao's choice is: I want them all!

I glanced at the time on my wristwatch. It should be 12:19 a.m. I've been here for less than half an hour, and there are probably not even a hundred "explorers" in the 10,000-person channel.

Wait another ten minutes.

If no monsters have come by the scent by 12:30, he will explore around the campfire in a 100-meter radius.

This is a good opportunity to observe whether the bloodstains on the ground will change.

Ling Xiao instinctively felt that the anomaly he had discovered concealed a hidden secret.

……

"Tsk... Seems like nothing has changed! It's only been about ten minutes since I killed the Nightshade Rabbit, left, and returned. If blood deteriorates over time, it should at least change color."

Ten minutes passed, and Ling Xiao stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

To ensure that the controllable variables in the control experiment did not increase, he did not walk a few steps to the side and then back to try to let the mist briefly come into contact with the blood.

Even with the discerning eye, the result of "[filthy blood? ???...]" is still unclear.

"Forget it, we'll see. We'll come back after we've done our rounds and see what happens!"

Without much hesitation, Ling Xiao confirmed the route using a map and continued on his way.

The encirclement plan was not completed in one go.

The torch only lasts for thirty minutes, and unless absolutely necessary, Ling Xiao never wants to have any close contact with the gray fog in his life.

After fighting the lizard and waiting for another ten minutes, even though a circle with a radius of 100 meters is only about 600 meters long, he would still return to the spawn point directly after passing through the "semicircle" to be on the safe side.

Refresh your torches at the campfire and continue exploring.

Human legs are not compasses.

Lingxiao could not possibly walk out of a smooth arc.

The bright white dots on the map move forward like waves, striving to explore the unknown as much as possible.

Along the way, there were sparse blades of grass and blackened bone fragments. At first, he picked them up to examine them, but later he got used to it.

Snapped!

Facing the Nightshade Rabbit, whom he knew all too well, Ling Xiao delivered a powerful left kick that sent the rabbit sprawling to the ground.

The Eye of Detection has become increasingly adept at identifying intelligence.

【LV1 Nightshade Rabbit [Mutant] (Normal)】

[Racial Traits: Nocturnal, Rapid Digestion, Extremely Short Pregnancy Time, Hyperbreeding]

[Racial Skills: Charge, Frenzied Bite]

[Individual Attributes: Strength 1/Agility 3/Constitution 3]

[Individual Description: In heat, but unable to find a mate. You might know where the mate it was meant to breed with has gone.]

"what?"

On second thought, Ling Xiao's men immediately sped up their movements even more.

"Flirting in front of me? You'd better die!"

Perhaps the dark side deep within them has been activated, or perhaps they have been driven to a point of mental instability by this bizarre world.

In less than half an hour, Ling Xiao, who had personally killed two monsters, shed his usual dull and silent demeanor and revealed a fierce and heroic spirit stained with blood.

The discomfort and pain of killing for the first time did not last long during the previous hurried exploration.

The flickering campfire seemed to have dispelled all his negative emotions.

Both being LV1, this time the Nightshade Rabbit couldn't even get close.

As Ling Xiao gradually got into the zone, he almost completely suppressed Ling Xiao by relying on his overwhelming strength attribute!

Seize the opportunity and strike with a single blow!

"Gurgle!"

The Nightshade Rabbit shrieked as the machete slashed from its chest to its back.

The blade, still sharp and powerful, splattered a spray of blood.

Then it landed.

The Nightshade Rabbit, which had only hopped around in front of Ling Xiao a few times, was now broken in two and dead beyond any doubt.

"Four talents and two skills, no wonder it's much weaker than that wild lizard."

Ling Xiao still offers objective comments on the monsters that contribute resources to him.

Congratulations on successfully defeating the 'Mutant - Nightshade Rabbit'!

[Your experience level has reached the upgrade requirement!]

[Level upgraded to LV2! +1 free attribute point!]

[Talent plundering in progress... Current success rate 99.2%...]

[Plunder successful! Talent - [Overbreeding (Inferior)] equipped!]

[The Heart of Gluttony] absorbs trace amounts of nutrients, resulting in a slight improvement in quality!

The latest novel is first published here!

"???"

Ling Xiao's face darkened.

"I don't have any 'the more children, the better' system, wouldn't a 'rapid digestion' system be better? Besides, who the hell am I supposed to breed with in this godforsaken place?!"

After seeing the results, a bold idea suddenly popped into his head.

If I could take my talent back with me and find some genuine people willing to pay a fortune to have a child, wouldn't I achieve financial freedom in no time?

But right now, a startup can collapse before it even begins.

There's not much to say; it's a waste to let this thing stay in the talent bar for even a few more seconds.

[Absorbing... Current success rate 99.7%...]

[Successfully devoured! [Heart of Gluttony] has absorbed a small amount of nutrients, and its quality has significantly improved!]

"Is it because the two complete talent points aren't enough?"

After collecting the Nightshade Rabbit's corpse, Ling Xiao added the Freedom attribute to his physique.

He is good at summarizing patterns and drew some conclusions about the relationship between his own performance and the level of his attributes.

Take physical attributes as an example.

No matter how high your strength and agility are, if your physique can't keep up, it's all for naught. You absolutely won't be able to perform at the level that the former two should be at, and you might even "overdo it" and injure yourself.

To put it more simply, to lift a ton of weight, you need both the corresponding strength and the physical condition to keep up with the intensity.

Therefore, Ling Xiao's stat allocation plan will undoubtedly prioritize Constitution and Spirit as the two highest stats, and even if the other stats exceed these, they won't be excessively high.

If free attribute points can only be obtained by leveling up, it will naturally become increasingly difficult as the experience bar grows longer.

A solid and reasonable foundation will bring potential advantages to some extent in the future.

The unexpected battle caused a slight delay, but fortunately, Ling Xiao had already left ample room for maneuver in his plans.

Just as he was about to complete the last part of the "semicircle", something flashed by at the boundary between the firelight and the fog.

Changing direction, Ling Xiao went straight over.

He came out specifically to encounter an "accident," so there's no reason for him to just brush past someone.

If things get really bad, we can just fight!

Can't beat them?

Then just die!

Since we've already been brought here, no matter how careful we are, we might still be killed by some unknown weirdo who's just passing by. Faced with an opportunity that doesn't pose too much external danger, we naturally have to take a gamble!

If you're going to cower and run away from everything, you might as well just kill yourself.

The mist reluctantly retreated under the pressure of the firelight, and a tattered, gray-black treasure chest was "spit out" from it.

[LV2 Inferior Treasure Chest (Unlimited)]

[Content: To be opened ???]

"Alas!?"

"good!!"

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(End of this chapter)